We reached early at 9 am, in case the weather turned rainy in the afternoon. Fortunately, the weather forecast said the day was a partly cloudy day, and it was right .... sun was out, and was a perfect day for waterplay later.
We walked around the bird park enjoying the different exhibit areas for a while, before we went to have some fun at the dry playground. And then it was time to catch the King of the Skies show. We watched it the other time, and thought it was a repeat. But the show actually had new elements to it, and it was really better than the last version that we watched before. Liked the way they introduced the various species.
And the highlight of the trip had to be the newly opened waterplay stations !!! Joel, Camille and I immediately changed into our swimming costume and hit the waterplay stations.
Even Camille who was afraid of water, wanted to try the small slide. And she succeeded, with the help of Uncle Telang
See the 3 of us lazing around in the water
After the show, we went to more exhibits, before we settled for the second show at 11 am. And the highlight for the show was to wait for the parrot to sing "happy birthday" to me .... haha. And ths year, there were quite a number of people who went to the JBP to celebrate their birthday, unlike the previous time when we were there, it was only me !!!We played for almost 1 hr, before we went to shower, change and drive to Hilltop for lunch. After we parked our cars, we looked up into the sky and saw quite many Kings of the Skies taking flight above the JBP .... amazing sight. Wonder if they were the same species that we have seen during the show.
The kids had Japanese cuisine, while the adults ordered Indonesian cuisine. Yummy !!! We all had quite a lot, before we went back home.
Thank you Joel and family to celebrate my birthday with me .... Happy New Year and may 2012 be a much better year for all.
Close-up of the little tiara.
And to complete the princess look, a new pair of Dora shoes ....
And a photo of the princess before we set off to the hotel
We reached the hotel a little earlier than the scheduled time, so I took some photos at the hotel lobby. There was this really BIG christmas tree, and you know what, it was a REAL christmas tree. Not the kind of plastic tree that you get from shopping centres. From far, you can even smell the tree
And I bet the carnation has to be real as well ... haha, of course lar
Then 公公, 舅舅, 舅母 and 表妹 arrived. See the 2 of us .... and at the rate that 表妹 grows, she will soon catch up with me on the height ....
Then 爷爷, 奶奶, 姑姑 and 叔叔 also came. So we happily went for the buffet table !!!
And needless to say, when it comes to food, 表妹 will really concentrate on eating, unlike me, who cares more about playtime than food
See how the both of us were enjoying our food .... especially when it comes to buffet, with lots of variety
And then it was present / gift receiving time .... angbaos !!!!
And 叔叔 bought me a little cute chain with a cute pendant on it
Planting a kiss on 叔叔's cheeks .... dun get jealous hor
Since I was rather full from the buffet, we went out for a little walk in the hote lobby
Photo taken by me .... a little blur, so more practice required
And see how happy 表妹 was, running in such big space
Just to confirm that the carnation was indeed real .... haha
And the 2 little princesses !!!
Pretending to read something .... don't we look like we were deep in thoughts ???
And the time for cake cutting. Daddy and Mummy bought a small cake (since everyone would be full from the buffet spread) from The Icing Room.
And with 5 candles, I am going to turn 5 soon !!!
Singing the birthday song ... and the hotel staff also joined in !!!
And then poses with my family members
The Icing Room cake was indeed different from the cakes bought from other cake shops ... more moist and tasted really great ... and you can see that from the expressions on our faces
We stayed almost 3 hours at the cafe, before we called it quits. Haha. And before we went off, I got a little high, and ran around the christmas tree.
Mummy decided to use her baking skills to made special cupcakes for my friends. Looked through many recipes and designs online, before she finally decided on ...
On the actual day, we reached a little earlier at 2 pm to set up the place for tea break.
And once we were done, we took a family photo. Family attire of Toy Story, in case you have not realised that ... just that Daddy Woody photo has been blocked by me. Can you see Mummy Jessie and Baby Jessie ???
Balloons and party packs for all my friends later
And Trisha was the first to arrive. So I had fun with Trisha, with Daddy pretending to be the bad guy to chase after me and Trisha.
Soon, the rest of my friends came. The most popular game station in the Little Ozone has to be this mini version of the megazip flyng fox. Once you get down and get off, the bar automatically retracted back to the starting point !!! So everyone queued up to have a go.
Even Chantell gave it a go, but she was a little too light for the gravity concept to work. Trisha had to give her a "pushing" hand from the back
And my little cousin enjoying herself in the pool of coloured balls
The cute little brother of Laura ... he is half French, hlaf nd Singaporean blood .... handsome right ?
We all played like crazy until the parents called us out to munch some food. Enjoying the tea break after hard work ... or rather fun. See Xavier's hair (the boy in yellow shirt). He looked like he just had a shower !!!
When 宋老师 came, everyone crowded around her and gave her a hug ... see how popular she has been with the K1 class. Unfortunately, Ms Kristy had a conflicting appointment, so she could not come
We played our first organized game of musical chairs alternate version. Instead of using chairs, we used coloured circles as chairs. Safer this way, so that when we got too excited and rushed for the coloured circles, no one will get hurt. See how all of us kept running when the music started
The next game that we played was Treasure Hunt in the playground. We were divided into 2 groups of 4, so automatically, I gathered my close kakis : Laura, Breanna and Olivia to form the Power Gals team !!! While the boys form the other team. We were supposed to find a few items : 2 red balls, 2 blue balls, 2 green balls, one string and one flower card. I was the leader for the Power Gals team, while Wei Hong was the leader for his team. So once we got our instructions, we immediately rushed to the playground and started looking for our items. And needless to say, the Power Gals team had help from the organizer on where the items were, especially the little piece of string, which was hidden really well .... and the winner : The Power Gals team !!! Haha
Family potrait with the birthday cake
The Santas team who went around, distributing sweets to the kids, and promoting the christmas celebration at the clubhouse lobby at 7 pm in the evening
Taking a photo with the ever popular 宋老师. Unfortunately, 宋老师 will not be teaching me as I move to K2 next year, but will be replaced by 周老师 (a new Chinese teacher). And yes, I still have my favourite Ms Kristy, who will follow me as my K2 English teacher.
Can you guess who is behind the mask ???
My little cousin !!!! Isn't she cute ???
Christmas trees well decorated with all the presents that I received during the party. A big thank you to all my friends who came to celebrate my birthday, and showered me with all the good wishes and blessings. Shall wait for my actual birthday to open the presents.
But I opened one present, which was the one that was given by Little Ozone .... of the choices given, I chose the basketball game